Pitt reserve point guard John Johnson has quit the program and plans to transfer, coach Jaime Dixon announced Monday night.

Johnson, a 6-1 sophomore from Philadelphia, averaged 4.2 points per game last season, shooting 38.4 percent from 3-point range. He did not play in Friday’s regular-season opener against Mount St. Mary's.

After Friday’s game, Dixon said Johnson missed the game because he was ill. Minutes later, Johnson wrote on Twitter: "I'm not sick, I'm not hurt."

Johnson then skipped Monday’s morning shoot-around before the Fordham game.

“We wish him the best,” Dixon said in a statement. “We’re really just trying to help him find the best place for him.”

Johnson will finish out his classes this semester and then transfer to another school. He will have to sit out a year as a transfer student and then have 2 ½ years of eligibility remaining.

“I always knew that Pitt’s not really for everybody,” Pitt star Tray Woodall told reporters Monday after the Fordham game. “Some guys like it here, but just don’t feel comfortable here as the year goes on. But honestly, Pitt’s just not for everybody.”

Johnson is the third player to leave Pitt in the last year, joining Khem Birch and Isaiah Epps.